Host team:             1   ITA
Defending Champion:    1   ARG
Europe:               13   AUT,BEL,CZH,ENG,ESP,GER,HOL,IRE,ROM,SCO,SWE,URS,YUG
South America:         3   BRA,URU,COL
North America:         2   CRC,USA
Africa:                2   CMR,EGY
Asia:                  2   KOR,UAE
Oceania:               0
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Teams:                24

EUROPE

GROUP 1
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Romania           6  4  1  1  10-5   9
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Denmark           6  3  2  1  15-6   8
Greece            6  1  2  3   3-15  4
Bulgaria          6  1  1  4   6-8   4

DEN-BUL 1-1,2-0 BUL-ROM 1-3,0-1
DEN-ROM 3-0,1-3 BUL-GRE 4-0,0-1
DEN-GRE 7-1,1-1 ROM-GRE 3-0,0-0

Romania qualify

GROUP 2
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Sweden            6  4  2  0   9-3  10
England           6  3  3  0  10-0   9
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Poland            6  2  1  3   4-8   5
Albania           6  0  0  6   3-15  0

ENG-POL 3-0,0-0 POL-SWE 0-2,1-2
ENG-SWE 0-0,0-0 POL-ALB 1-0,2-1
ENG-ALB 5-0,2-0 SWE-ALB 3-1,2-1

Sweden,England qualify

GROUP 3
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
U.S.S.R.          8  4  3  1  11-4  11
Austria           8  3  3  2   9-9   9
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Turkey            8  3  1  4  12-10  7
East Germany      8  3  1  4   9-13  7
Iceland           8  1  4  3   6-11  6

URS-AUT 2-0,0-0 AUT-DDR 3-0,1-1 DDR-TUR 0-2,1-3
URS-DDR 3-0,1-2 AUT-TUR 3-2,0-3 DDR-ICE 2-0,3-0
URS-TUR 2-0,1-0 AUT-ICE 2-1,0-0 TUR-ICE 1-1,1-2
URS-ICE 1-1,1-1

U.S.S.R.,Austria qualify

GROUP 4
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Holland           6  4  2  0   8-2  10
West Germany      6  3  3  0  13-3   9
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Finland           6  1  1  4   4-16  3
Wales             6  0  2  4   4-8   2

GER-HOL 0-0,1-1 HOL-WAL 1-0,2-1
GER-WAL 2-1,0-0 HOL-FIN 3-0,1-0
GER-FIN 6-1,4-0 WAL-FIN 2-2,0-1

Holland,West Germany qualify

GROUP 5
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Yugoslavia        8  6  2  0  16-6  14
Scotland          8  4  2  2  12-12 10
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France            8  3  3  2  10-7   9
Norway            8  2  2  4  10-9   6
Cyprus            8  0  1  7   6-20  1

FRA-YUG 0-0,2-3 YUG-SCO 3-1,1-1 SCO-NOR 1-1,2-1
FRA-SCO 3-0,0-2 YUG-NOR 1-0,2-1 SCO-CYP 2-1,3-2
FRA-NOR 1-0,1-1 YUG-CYP 4-0,2-1 NOR-CYP 3-1,3-0
FRA-CYP 2-0,1-1

Yugoslavia,Scotland qualify

GROUP 6
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Spain             8  6  1  1  20-3  13
Ireland           8  5  2  1  10-2  12
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Hungary           8  2  4  2   8-12  8
North Ireland     8  2  1  5   6-12  5
Malta             8  0  2  6   3-18  2

ESP-HUN 4-0,2-2 HUN-NIR 1-0,2-1 NIR-IRE 0-0,0-3
ESP-NIR 4-0,2-0 HUN-IRE 0-0,0-2 NIR-MAL 3-0,2-0
ESP-IRE 2-0,0-1 HUN-MAL 1-1,2-2 IRE-MAL 2-0,2-0
ESP-MAL 4-0,2-0

Spain,Ireland qualify

GROUP 7
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Belgium           8  4  4  0  15-5  12
Czechoslovakia    8  5  2  1  13-3  12
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Portugal          8  4  2  2  11-8  10
Switzerland       8  2  1  5  10-14  5
Luxembourg        8  0  1  7   3-22  1

BEL-POR 3-0,1-1 POR-CZH 0-0,1-2 CZH-SUI 3-0,1-0
BEL-CZH 2-1,0-0 POR-SUI 3-1,2-1 CZH-LUX 4-0,2-0
BEL-SUI 1-0,2-2 POR-LUX 1-0,3-0 SUI-LUX 2-1,4-1
BEL-LUX 1-1,5-0

Belgium,Czechoslovakia qualify

SOUTH AMERICA

GROUP 1
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Uruguay           4  3  0  1   7-2   6
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Bolivia           4  3  0  1   6-5   6
Peru              4  0  0  4   2-8   0

URU-PER 2-0,2-0 PER-BOL 1-2,1-2
URU-BOL 2-0,1-2

Uruguay qualify

GROUP 2
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Colombia          4  2  1  1   5-3   5
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Paraguay          4  2  0  2   5-6   4
Ecuador           4  1  1  2   3-3   3

PAR-COL 2-1,1-2 COL-ECU 2-0,0-0
PAR-ECU 2-1,1-3

Colombia to intercontinental playoffs

GROUP 3
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Brazil            4  3  1  0  13-1   7
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Chile             4  2  1  1   9-4   5
Venezuela         4  0  0  4   1-18  0

BRA-CHL 2-0,1-1 CHL-VEN 5-0,3-1
BRA-VEN 6-0,4-0

Brazil qualify

NORTH AMERICA

1.ROUND

Costa Rica        -  Panama               1-1,2-0  gd  3-1
Guatemala         -  Cuba                 1-1,1-0  gd  2-1
Jamaica           -  Puerto Rico          1-0,2-1  gd  3-1
Netherl.Antilles  -  Antigua              0-1,1-0  gd  1-1,3-1 pen.
Trinidad&Tobago   -  Guyana               1-0,4-0  gd  5-0

Costa Rica,Guatemala,Jamaica,Netherlands Antilles,
Trinidad&Tobago to second round

2.ROUND

Costa Rica        -  Mexico               x-x,x-x  gd  x-x
El Salvador       -  Netherlands Antilles 5-0,1-0  gd  6-0
Guatemala         -  Canada               1-0,2-3  gd  3-3
Trinidad&Tobago   -  Honduras             0-0,1-1  gd  1-1
United States     -  Jamaica              5-1,0-0  gd  5-1

Costa Rica,El Salvador,Guatemala,Trinidad&Tobago,
United States to third round

Mexico disqualified

3.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Costa Rica        8  5  1  2  10-6  11
United States     8  4  3  1   6-3  10
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Trinidad&Tobago   8  3  3  2   7-5   9
Guatemala         6  1  1  4   4-7   3
El Salvador       6  0  2  4   2-8   2

CRC-USA 1-0,0-1 USA-TRI 1-1,1-0 TRI-GUA 2-1,1-0
CRC-TRI 1-0,1-1 USA-GUA 2-1,0-0 TRI-ELS 2-0,0-0
CRC-GUA 2-1,0-1 USA-ELS 0-0,1-0
CRC-ELS 1-0,4-2

Costa Rica,United States qualify
Guatemala-El Salvador matches abandoned

AFRICA

1.ROUND

Angola            -  Sudan                0-0,2-1  gd  2-1
Gabon             -  Togo                 x-x,x-x  gd  x-x
Liberia           -  Ghana                2-0,0-0  gd  2-0
Libya             -  Burkina Faso         3-0,0-2  gd  3-2
Malawi            -  Uganda               3-1,0-1  gd  3-2
Tunisia           -  Guinea               5-0,0-3  gd  5-3
Zambia            -  Rwanda               x-x,x-x  gd  x-x
Zimbabwe          -  Lesotho              x-x,x-x  gd  x-x

Angola,Gabon,Liberia,Libya,Malawi,Tunisia,Zambia,
Zimbabwe to second round

Lesotho,Rwanda,Togo withdrew

2.ROUND

GROUP A
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Algeria           4  3  1  0   6-1   7
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Ivory Coast       4  1  2  1   5-1   4
Zimbabwe          4  0  1  3   1-10  1

ALG-CIV 1-0,0-0 CIV-ZIM 5-0,0-0
ALG-ZIM 3-0,2-1

Algeria to playoffs
Libya withdrew

GROUP B
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Egypt             6  3  2  1   6-2   8
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Liberia           6  2  2  2   2-3   6
Malawi            6  1  3  2   3-4   5
Kenya             6  1  3  2   2-4   5

EGY-LIB 2-0,0-1 LIB-MLW 1-0,0-0
EGY-MLW 1-0,1-1 LIB-KEN 0-0,0-1
EGY-KEN 2-0,0-0 MLW-KEN 1-0,1-1

Egypt to playoffs

GROUP C
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Cameroon          6  4  1  1   9-6   9
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Nigeria           6  3  1  2   7-5   7
Angola            6  1  2  3   6-7   4
Gabon             6  2  0  4   5-9   4

CMR-NIG 1-0,0-2 NIG-ANG 1-0,2-2
CMR-ANG 1-1,2-1 NIG-GAB 1-0,1-2
CMR-GAB 2-1,3-1 ANG-GAB 2-0,0-1

Cameroon to playoffs

GROUP D
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Tunisia           6  3  1  2   5-5   7
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Zambia            6  3  0  3   7-6   6
Zaire             6  2  2  2   7-7   6
Morocco           6  1  3  2   4-5   5

TUN-ZAM 1-0,0-1 ZAM-ZAI 4-2,0-1
TUN-ZAI 1-0,1-3 ZAM-MOR 2-1,0-1
TUN-MOR 2-1,0-0 ZAI-MOR 0-0,1-1

Tunisia to playoffs

3.ROUND

Cameroon          -  Tunisia              2-0,1-0  gd  3-0
Egypt             -  Algeria              1-0,0-0  gd  1-0

Cameroon,Egypt qualify

ASIA

1.ROUND

GROUP 1
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Qatar             6  3  3  0   8-3   9
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Iraq              6  3  2  1  11-5   8
Jordan            6  2  1  3   5-7   5
Oman              6  0  2  4   2-11  2

QAT-IRQ 1-0,2-2 IRQ-JOR 4-0,1-0
QAT-JOR 1-0,1-1 IRQ-OMN 3-1,1-1
QAT-OMN 3-0,0-0 JOR-OMN 2-0,2-0

Qatar to second round

GROUP 2
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Saudi Arabia      4  3  1  0   7-4   7
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Syria             4  2  1  1   7-5   5
North Yemen       4  0  0  4   0-5   0

KSA-SYR 5-4,0-0 SYR-NYE 2-0,1-0
KSA-NYE 1-0,1-0

Saudi Arabia to second round
Bahrain withdrew

GROUP 3
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
United Arab Emis  4  3  0  1  12-4   6
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Kuwait            4  3  0  1   6-3   6
Pakistan          4  0  0  4   1-12  0

UAE-KUW 1-0,2-3 KUW-PAK 2-0,1-0
UAE-PAK 5-0,4-1

United Arab Emirates to second round
South Yemen withdrew

GROUP 4
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
South Korea       6  6  0  0  25-0  12
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Malaysia          6  3  1  2   8-8   7
Singapore         6  2  1  3  12-9   5
Nepal             6  0  0  6   0-28  0

KOR-MLY 3-0,3-0 MLY-SIN 1-0,2-2
KOR-SIN 3-0,3-0 MLY-NEP 2-0,3-0
KOR-NEP 4-0,9-0 SIN-NEP 3-0,7-0

South Korea to second round
India withdrew

GROUP 5
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
China             6  5  0  1  13-3  10
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Iran              6  5  0  1  12-5  10
Bangladesh        6  1  0  5   4-9   2
Thailand          6  1  0  5   2-14  2

CHN-IRN 2-0,2-3 IRN-BAN 1-0,2-1
CHN-BAN 2-0,2-0 IRN-THA 3-0,3-0
CHN-THA 2-0,3-0 BAN-THA 3-1,0-1

China to second round

GROUP 6
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
North Korea       6  4  1  1  11-5   9
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Japan             6  2  3  1   7-3   7
Indonesia         6  1  3  2   5-10  5
Hong Kong         6  0  3  3   5-10  3

NKO-JPN 2-0,1-2 JPN-INA 5-0,0-0
NKO-INA 2-1,0-0 JPN-HKO 0-0,0-0
NKO-HKO 4-1,2-1 INA-HKO 3-2,1-1

North Korea to second round

2.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
South Korea       5  3  2  0   5-1   8
United Arab Emis  5  1  4  0   4-3   6
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Qatar             5  1  3  1   4-5   5
China             5  2  0  3   5-6   4
Saudi Arabia      5  1  2  2   4-5   4
North Korea       5  1  1  3   2-4   3

KOR-UAE 1-1 UAE-QAT 1-1 QAT-CHN 2-1 CHN-KSA 2-1
KOR-QAT 0-0 UAE-CHN 2-1 QAT-KSA 1-1 CHN-NKO 1-0
KOR-CHN 1-0 UAE-KSA 0-0 QAT-NKO 0-2 KSA-NKO 2-0
KOR-KSA 2-0 UAE-NKO 0-0
KOR-NKO 1-0

South Korea,United Arab Emirates qualify

OCEANIA

1.ROUND

Australia         -  Fiji                 5-1,0-1  gd  5-2
New Zealand       -  Taipei               4-1,4-0  gd  8-1

Australia,New Zealand to second round

2.ROUND
                  P  W  D  L  GD    PT
Israel            4  1  3  0   5-4   5
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Australia         4  1  2  1   6-5   4
New Zealand       4  1  1  2   5-7   3

ISR-AUS 1-1,1-1 AUS-NZL 4-1,0-2
ISR-NZL 1-0,2-2

Israel to intercontinental playoffs

INTERCONTINENTAL PLAYOFFS

Colombia          -  Israel               1-0,0-0  gd  1-0

Colombia qualify